Bronze Boot

The Bronze Boot is awarded to each season's winner of the college football game between the Colorado State University Rams and the University of Wyoming Cowboys. The annual Wyoming–Colorado State football game has evolved into one of the most bitterly contested rivalries in college football. The teams have waged the "Border War" more than one hundred times since the schools began playing in 1899, playing every year except 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1918, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1943, 1944, and 1945. In fact, this is one of the oldest interstate rivalries west of the Mississippi River, and the oldest west of the Missouri. The series is the oldest rivalry for both schools and the "Border War" has been played in three different centuries.

History of the trophy

In 1968, the ROTC detachments of the respective schools initiated the Bronze Boot, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the “Border War” each year. The boot was worn in the Vietnam War by Cpt. Dan J. Romero, an Adams State College graduate and Army ROTC instructor at CSU between 1967 and 1969. Each year leading up to the Wyoming–Colorado State game, the game ball is carried in a running shuttle relay by the ROTC detachment of the visiting team down US 287 to the Wyoming-Colorado state border, where the home team's ROTC detachment receives it and runs the game ball to the stadium hosting the game. The trophy is guarded by the ROTC unit of the past year's winning school during the game.

Wyoming leads the trophy game series at 23–21. Colorado State leads the all-time series between the two at 55–43–5.

Trophy game results

Wyoming victories are shaded ██ Wyoming brown. Colorado State victories shaded in ██ CSU Green.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
November 2, 1968	Fort Collins	Wyoming	46	Colorado State	14	WYO 1–0
October 4, 1969	Laramie	Wyoming	39	Colorado State	3	WYO 2–0
October 10, 1970	Fort Collins	Wyoming	16	Colorado State	6	WYO 3–0
October 2, 1971	Laramie	Wyoming	17	Colorado State	6	WYO 4–0
October 14, 1972	Fort Collins	Wyoming	28	Colorado State	9	WYO 5–0
October 20, 1973	Laramie	Wyoming	35	Colorado State	3	WYO 6–0
November 2, 1974	Fort Collins	Colorado State	11	Wyoming	6	WYO 6–1
October 4, 1975	Laramie	Colorado State	3	Wyoming	0	WYO 6–2
October 30, 1976	Fort Collins	Colorado State	19	Wyoming	16	WYO 6–3
October 29, 1977	Laramie	Wyoming	29	Colorado State	13	WYO 7–3
October 28, 1978	Fort Collins	Wyoming	13	Colorado State	3	WYO 8–3
September 29, 1979	Laramie	Colorado State	20	Wyoming	16	WYO 8–4
November 1, 1980	Fort Collins	Colorado State	28	Wyoming	25	WYO 8–5
October 31, 1981	Laramie	Wyoming	55	Colorado State	21	WYO 9–5
September 11, 1982	Fort Collins	Colorado State	9	Wyoming	3	WYO 9–6
November 19, 1983	Laramie	Wyoming	42	Colorado State	17	WYO 10–6
October 27, 1984	Fort Collins	Wyoming	43	Colorado State	34	WYO 11–6
October 26, 1985	Laramie	Colorado State	30	Wyoming	19	WYO 11–7
October 25, 1986	Fort Collins	Colorado State	20	Wyoming	15	WYO 11–8
October 31, 1987	Laramie	Wyoming	20	Colorado State	15	WYO 12–8
October 29, 1988	Fort Collins	Wyoming	48	Colorado State	14	WYO 13–8
November 4, 1989	Laramie	Wyoming	56	Colorado State	35	WYO 14–8
November 3, 1990	Fort Collins	Colorado State	17	Wyoming	8	WYO 14–9
October 26, 1991	Laramie	Wyoming	35	Colorado State	28	WYO 15–9
October 24, 1992	Fort Collins	Wyoming	31	Colorado State	14	WYO 16–9
November 20, 1993	Laramie	Colorado State	41	Wyoming	21	WYO 16–10
November 5, 1994	Fort Collins	Colorado State	35	Wyoming	24	WYO 16–11
October 28, 1995	Laramie	Colorado State	31	Wyoming	24	WYO 16–12
November 16, 1996	Fort Collins	Wyoming	25	Colorado State	24	WYO 17–12
October 18, 1997	Laramie	Colorado State	14	Wyoming	7	WYO 17–13
November 7, 1998	Fort Collins	Wyoming	27	Colorado State	19	WYO 18–13
October 23, 1999	Laramie	Colorado State	24	Wyoming	13	WYO 18–14
November 16, 2000	Fort Collins	Colorado State	37	Wyoming	13	WYO 18–15
September 29, 2001	Laramie	Colorado State	42	Wyoming	14	WYO 18–16
October 12, 2002	Fort Collins	Colorado State	44	Wyoming	36	WYO 18–17
November 1, 2003	Laramie	Wyoming	35	Colorado State	28	WYO 19–17
October 22, 2004	Fort Collins	Colorado State	30	Wyoming	7	WYO 19–18
October 22, 2005	Fort Collins	Colorado State	39	Wyoming	31	Tied 19–19
October 21, 2006	Laramie	Wyoming	24	Colorado State	0	WYO 20–19
November 23, 2007	Fort Collins	Colorado State	36	Wyoming	28	Tied 20–20
November 22, 2008	Laramie	Colorado State	31	Wyoming	20	CSU 21–20
November 27, 2009	Fort Collins	Wyoming	17	Colorado State	16	Tied 21–21
November 20, 2010	Laramie	Wyoming	44	Colorado State	0	WYO 22–21
December 3, 2011	Fort Collins	Wyoming	22	Colorado State	19	WYO 23–21

External links

Colorado State Rams football

Venues	Colorado Field (1912–1967) Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Bronze Boot (Wyoming) Ram–Falcon Trophy (Air Force) Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado)

Culture & lore	CAM the Ram Colorado State University Marching Band

People	Head coaches

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Wyoming Cowboys football

Venues	Corbett Field (1925–1949) War Memorial Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Bronze Boot (Colorado State)

Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Western Thunder Marching Band

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